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===Primary and secondary education=== [[File:St. Mary's Academy in Portland (2014).jpg|thumb|right|[[St. Mary's Academy (Portland, Oregon)|St. Mary's Academy]], a private [[Roman Catholic]] girls' school established in 1859]] Nine public school districts and many private schools include sections of Portland. [[Portland Public Schools (Oregon)|Portland Public Schools]] is the largest school district, operating 86 public schools.<ref>{{Cite news|year=2019|title=Portland Public Schools|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/oregon/districts/portland-sd-1j-106322|access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> In addition to PPS, other school districts in Multnomah County that serve parts of the city include the [[Beaverton School District]], [[Centennial School District (Oregon)|Centennial School District]], [[David Douglas School District]], [[Parkrose School District]], [[Reynolds School District (Oregon)|Reynolds School District]], [[Riverdale School District (Oregon)|Riverdale School District]], and [[Scappoose School District]].<ref>{{cite map|author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division|date=December 18, 2020|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: Multnomah County, OR|scale=1:184,230|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41051_multnomah/DC20SD_C41051.pdf|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> Portions in Clackamas County are in the [[North Clackamas School District]] and Centennial School District.<ref>{{cite map|author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division|date=December 18, 2020|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: Clackamas County, OR|scale=1:204,700|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41005_clackamas/DC20SD_C41005.pdf|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> Portions in Washington County are in Portland Public Schools.<ref>{{cite map|author=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41067_washington/DC20SD_C41067.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS β SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, OR|scale=1:84,230|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> [[David Douglas High School]], in the [[Powellhurst-Gilbert, Portland, Oregon|Powellhurst]] neighborhood, has the largest enrollment of any public high school in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&InstName=david+douglas&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=410394001037|title=Search for Public Schools β School Detail for David Douglas High School|website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref> Other high schools include [[Benson Polytechnic High School|Benson]], [[Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon)|Cleveland]], [[Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)|Franklin]], [[Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)|Grant]], [[Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Jefferson]], [[Madison High School (Portland, Oregon)|Madison]], [[Parkrose High School|Parkrose]], [[Roosevelt High School (Portland, Oregon)|Roosevelt]], and [[Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School|Ida B Wells-Barnett]] (formerly Woodrow Wilson), and several suburban high schools which serve the city's outer areas. Established in 1869, [[Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon)|Lincoln High School]] (formerly Portland High School) is the city's oldest public education institution, and is one of two of the oldest high schools west of the [[Mississippi River]] (after San Francisco's [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)|Lowell High School]]).<ref name="Oregonian 2005-09-22">{{cite news|last=Geddes|first=Ryan|title=Public school notebook: The Count|work=The Oregonian|pages=A7|location=Portland, Oregon|date=September 22, 2005}}</ref> Former public schools in the city included [[Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)|Washington High School]], which operated from 1906 until 1981, as well as [[Adams High School (Portland, Oregon)|Adams]] and [[Jackson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Jackson]], which also closed the same year.
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